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6. Joseph, b. Oct. 30, 1773.
5. David, b. Apr. 20, 1771. 7. Anna, b July 21, 1776.
PERKINS, REUBEN, m. Lucy -. Children :
I. Thomas, b Dec. 7, 1766. 2. Benjamin, b. May 1, 1769.
PERKINS, ELIAS, m. Elizabeth -. Children :
I. Sarah, b. Jan. 28, 1764. 3. John Hawkins, b. Jan. 2, 1768.
2. Hannah, b. Oct. 27, 1765.
I. PERRY, ARTHUR, came to Stratford, about 1675, and m. Anna, only dau. of Joshua Judson, about 1676. He had 13 children, one of whom was :
2. Samuel, b. Feb., 1681.
2. SAMUEL, son of Arthur Perry, m. Elizabeth --. Child : 3. Caleb.
3. CALEB, son of Samuel and Elizabeth Perry, m. Hannah probably a short time before he settled in Derby. The following are recorded in Derby of his children :
4. John, b. Sept. 3, 1722. 9. Gideon, b. June 10, 1732.
5. Nathaniel, b. Jan. 4, 1724. Io. Prudence, b. Dec. 5, 1733.
6. Joseph, b. Nov. 30, 1726. II. Betty, b. Oct. 14, 1736.
7. Hannah, b. June 14, 1728. 12. Yelverton, b. Feb. 24, 1739.
8. Caleb, b. Jan. 19, 1730.
12. YELVERTON, son of Caleb and Hannah Perry, m. Ist Haw- ley, of Huntington ; 2d, Patience, dau. of Henry and Sibyl Tomilnson, of Derby.12 Children :
13. Sibyl, m. Silas Hawkins, of Oxford. 18. Hawley.
14. John, b. Oct. 19, 1767, in Oxford. 19. Laura, m. David Smith, of Kent.
15. Frederick.
16. Hermon.
20. Nancy, b. Oct. 1,1783; d. Nov. 8, 1841 ; m. Truman Tomlinson.
17. Azariah, b. Sept. 21, 1780.
14. JOHN, son of Yelverton and Patience Perry, m. Anna Beardsley, who d. Nov. 26, 1836. He died Mar. 13. 1852. Children :
21. Charles, b. April 24, 1796; m. Mary 23. John, b. Nov. 12, 1801 ; d. July 15, Ann Paine; had Frederick, Charles, 1839, leaving son Charles. Harriet, Adam, Clark.
22. Philo, b. Feb. 1I, 1798; drowned June 12, 1800.
24. Nancy, b. Sept. 3, 1803; m. Cornelius Pugsley, of Stamford, N.Y., Sept. 14, 1831. Children : Henry, Cornelia, Van Allen, Jacob, Charles.
15. FREDERICK, son of Yelverton Perry, m. Mary Stroud ; settled in Southbury. Children :
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25. Andrew; resides at Southbury. 27. Charles ; m Maria Curtiss, of South-
26. Betsey; m - Smith, then Osborn. bury; had son Hermon.
28. Sophia; m. - Raymond; had Mary.
16. HERMON, son of Yelverton Perry, m. Susannah Henry ; resided in Baltimore, Md. Children :
29. Hermon ; d. not m.
30. William ; d. not m.
31. Albert ; m. - Lake. 32. Susannah ; m. Geo. W. Waters.
17. AZARIAH, son of Yelverton Perry, m. Mar. 6, 1809, Polly Leaven- worth, of Huntington. He died Nov. 21, 1826. She died May 31, 1871. Child :
33. Jane; m. March 11, 1811, in Hunt- ingham, May 23, 1860; died June 4,
ington; m. David Shelton; had Mary 1864. Edwin Wooster was drowned
Jane, who m. Edwin Wooster, of Birm- April 20, 1876.
I. PERRY, JOSIAH, m. Anna. Children :
2. Anna, b. Feb. 18, 1732.
3. Ezekial, b. Feb. 6, 1734
4. Joshua, b. Nov. 16, 1735.
5. Tabitha, b. Sept. 3, 1739.
6. Mary, b. May 7, 1741. 7. Josiah, b. Feb. 23, 1748.
4. JOSHUA, son of Josiah and Anna Perry, m. Mercy Hawkins Nov, 1759. Child :
8. Mary Ann, b. June 4, 1760.
I. PERRY, JAMES, m. Mabel Johnson, April, 1760. Children :
2. Betty, b. Jan. 5, 1761. 4. Oliver, b. Mar. 28, 1765.
3. Lucy, b. Feb. 2, 1763. 5. James, b. June 15, 1761.
PETTIT, SAMUEL, m. Elizabeth Tomlinson, Nov. 1, 1736. Chil- dren :
I. Eliada, b. July 19, 1737.
2. Cyrenius, b. Jan. 20, 1742.
3. Catharine, b. June 25, 1744.
PINTO, ABRAHAM, was in Derby some years. Several of his chil- dren sold their right to their father's land at Quaker's Farm, in 1784, he being deceased. Children :
I. Isaac.
3. Jacob.
2. Joseph. 4. Rachel.
I. PIERSON, STEPHEN, is said to have been born in Suffolk county, England, about 1645 ; was apprenticed by his mother, a widow, about 1654, to Thomas Mulliner of New Haven to learn the carpenter's trade. He m. at Stratford Ist Mary, dau. of Henry Tomlinson, and settled in Derby in 1670, on Sentinel Hill ; m. 2d Esther - His will was dated Sept. 2, 1733. He died in Oxford. May 14, 1739, aged 94. His first wife. Mary, died Sept. 25, 1715. Children :
2. Stephen.
3. Sarah ; m. John Twitchell.
4. Abraham, b. in 1681.
5. John; d. before 1704.
6. Mary; m. Josiah Baldwin.
7. Bathsheba ; m. Adam Blackman of Stratford.
2. STEPHEN, JR, son of Stephen and Mary (Tomlinson) Pierson, m. Mehitable Canfield, Oct. 12, 1697, who died and he m. 2d Hannah Munson, June 15, 1738 (?). Children :
8. Elizabeth, b. Jan. 12, 1699; m. - Bennett.
9. John.
IO. Thomas; he or his son Thomas m. Ruth Holbrook of Derby.
II. Job, b. Oct. 5, 1707. 12. Phebe ; m. Wm. Phanton, 1732.
13. Abigail ; m. - St. John.
14. Jonathan, b. May 6, 1716, by 2d wife (so said) ; Enoch, b. June IS, 1739.
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15. Elijah, b. Dec. 26, 1740.
16. Rachel, b. Sept. 15, 1742.
17. Daniel, b. Apr. 29, 1744. 18. Eli, b. June 4, 1749.
4. ABRAHAM, son of Stephen Pierson, Sr, m. Sarah He died May 12, 1758, aged 77. Children :
20. Abraham, b. July 28, 1707.
21. Sarah, b. Aug. 14, 1709.
22. Mary, b. Oct. 26, 1712.
23. Hannah, b. Aug. 4, 1715; m. Sol- omon Chatfield, June 12, 1734.
24. Stephen, b. Mar. 4, 1720.
14. JONATHAN, son of Stephen Pierson, Jr., m. Mary Bates, Mar. 5, 1739, who died Feb 16, 1755. Children :
25. Martha, b. Jan. 12, 1740; d. young.
27. Martha, b. Mar. 4, 1753.
26. Elias, b. June 23, 1743.
20. ABRAHAM, JR., son of Abraham Pierson, Sr., m. Susanna Woos-
ter, Apr. 10, 1731. Children :
28. Oliver, b. Mar. 25, 1732. 31. David, b. Jan. 17, 1748.
29. Barshua, b. Dec. 1, 1736. 32. Ann, b. Oct., II, 175I.
30. Abraham, b. Feb. 1, 1746.
28. OLIVER, son of Abraham, Jr., and Susan (Wooster) Pierson. m. Hannah - Child : 33. Sarah, b. Sept. 20, 1753.
30. ABRAHAM 3d, son of Abraham and Sarah (Wooster) Pierson, m. Keziah Lines of New Haven, July 2, 1767. Children :
34. Sarah, b. Mar. 10, 1768. 36. Levi, b. Mar. 25, 1771.
35. Abraham, b. Jan. 26, 1770; d. Jan. 30, 1770.
31. DAVID, son of Abraham and Sarah (Wooster) Pierson, m. Lois Thompson. Oct. 29, 1766. Children :
37. Sarah, b. Oct. 29, 1767. 40. Joel, b. Aug. 29, 1772.
38. David, b. Nov. 20, 1769; d. Jan. 19, 41. Hannah Retty, b. Jan. 3, 1774.
I770. 42. Thompson, b. Sept. 9, 1775.
39. David, b. Dec. 29, 1770.
PIERSON, NATHAN, m. Ann Smith, Nov. 17, 1756. Children :
I. Abel, b. Sept. 19, 1757. 3. Ruth, b. Apr. 28, 1763.
2. Rebecca, b. Jan. 9, 1761. 4. Sabra, b. Aug. 9, 1765.
PIERSON, JOHN, m. Sarah Sizer of Middletown, June 4, 1775.
PIERSON, ABEL, m. Hannah Fairchild, Sept. 6, 1781.
PIERSON, SAMUEL, m. Abigail Crawford, Mar. 10, 1762.
PIERSON, EDWARD, was a merchant in Derby in 1712, and re- moved to Stratford.
PIERSON, JAMES, a physician of Derby, removed to Wethersfield about 1712.
PLANT, EBENEZER, m. Esther Bassett, Aug. 17, 1774.
PLUMB, SAMUEL ; m. Mary -. The record says "A pound shall be erected between Samuel Plumb's malt house and Fine Hill burying-place." Children :
I. Samuel, b. Apr. 12, 1729. 5. Mary, b. Feb. 27, 1738.
2. Zuriel, b. Apr. 8, 1731. 6. Samuel, b. Apr. 18, 174I.
3. Joshua, b. June 24, 1734:
7. Susanna, b. Apr. 23, 1744.
4. Jared, b. Jan. 15, 1736. 8. Jared, b. Mar. 18, 1749.
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PITCHER, JOSEPH ; died Dec. 10, 1712.
POOL, MICAH ; m. Mary --. Children :
I. John, b. June 31, 1761; m, Abigail Bassett in 1783.
6. Mary, b. July 30, 1770,
2. Ruth, b. Apr. 20, 1763.
8. Nabby, b. May 26, 1774; d. Oct. 30,
3. Samuel, b. Feb. 28, 1765.
1774:
4. Isaac, b. Jan, 4, 1767.
5. Betty, b. Aug. 20, 1768.
9. Joseph, b, July 1, 1778.
I. JOHN, son of Micah and Mary Pool ; m. Abigail Bassett in 1783. Children :
IO. Arena, b. Dec. 24, 1783. II. Naomi, b. June 6, 1786.
PRITCHARD, JABEZ, LIEUT .; m. Eunice Botsford, Oct. 31, 1764. Child :
I. Leverette, b. Sept. 16, 1765.
PRITCHARD, JAMES, JR,; m. Rachel Warren, Nov., 1773.
PRITCHARD, PHILO ; m. Sabra -. Child :
I. Nathaniel, b. Aug. 25, 1787,
PRITCHARD, JAMES ; m, Abigail -. Children :
I. Lydia, b. Aug. II, 1757. 2, Sarah, b. Nov. 15, 1759.
PRITCHARD, DAVID; m. Ruth Smith, Dec. 20, 1757.
I. PRINDLE, JOHN ; came to Derby and m. Mary. dau. of Dr. John Hull. Dec. 23, 1685. who died Dec. 5, 1696, and he m. 2d Abi- gail Hawkins, Mar. 1, 1697, who died July 1, 1698, and he m. 3d Han- nah Botsford, Dec. 21, 1699. His home was on Great Neck, where he died Nov. 25, 1734, and his widow, Hannah, m. Capt. Joseph Hull, Nov. 14, 1735. Children :
2. John, b. Oct. 1, 1686. 6. Hannah, b. Dec. 4, 1700.
3. Samuel, b. July 18, 1691.
4. Ebenezer, b. July 15, 1693.
5. Mary, b. Sept. 1, 1696; d. Dec. 26, 1696.
8. Abigail, b. Oct. 17, 1704.
9. Mary, b. Sept. 20, 1708.
2. JOHN, son of John and Mary ( Hull) Prindle ; m. Deborah and died Oct. 4, 1712. Children :
IO. Edmund, b. Feb. 4, 1709; d. Sept. 11. Nathaniel, b. Aug. 23, 1711. 22, 1734.
PRINDLE, ENOS ; m. Deborah Jones, Jan. 16, 1750. They were both of Milford. Children :
I. Enos Jones, b. Nov. 23, 1750. 6. Ebenezer, b. June 26, 1760.
2. Elizabeth, b. May 16, 1752. 7. Anne, b. Sept. 23, 1762.
3. John, b. Sept. 7, 1755. 8. Joseph, b. Sept. 3, 1764.
4. Mary, b. Dec. 17, 1756. 9. Lucy, b. Nov. 23, 1766.
5. Sarah, b. Aug. 10, 1758. IO. David, b. Oct. 26, 1767.
I. RIGGS, EDWARD, the head of the family in this country. came from England and settled at Roxbury, Mass., early in the summer of 1633. He had a wife, two sons and four daus. ; his son Edward being 19 or 20 years of age. Within three years he buried his wife, son John. and two daus.
2. EDWARD, 2D, son of Edward Riggs ist, m. Elizabeth Roosa in 95
-,
7. Elnathan, b. July 13, 1702; d. May II, I721.
7, Micah, b. June 25, 1772.
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1635. In 1637 he was a sergeant in the Pequot war, and greatly dis- tinguished himself in rescuing his commander and twelve of his companions from an ambuscade, and was ever afterwards known as " Sergeant Riggs." Nothing further is known of him until 1646 when he settled at Milford, Conn. In 1654 he, with Edward Wooster, and perhaps one or two other families settled at Paugasuck, afterwards Derby ; Wooster by the side of the river where Derby village was established, and Riggs on the hill a mile east, where his descendants have resided and hold the property to the present day.
These two families are the only ones in the place at the time (1654) so far as can be positively assured .. One public record says there were three or four families settled here at first, another two or three, but the two are all that can be ascertained to a certainty. Francis French was not m. until 1661, when he made the third family so far as known. Thomas Langdon may have been the third in 1654, but of this there is no certainty. The house of Edward Riggs stood by the rock a few rods west of the present house of Capt. Joseph Riggs, the present owner. This first house was the one where Whalley and Goff, the judges of Charles I. took refuge in 1661, as recorded by President Ezra Stiles, in his history of those celebrated and honored men. A safe refuge it would seem. while also it must have been a most charm- ing wilderness home ; and in being the protector of these refugees the Riggs family will bear lasting honors by true lovers of constitutional liberty.
Edward Riggs, being one of the company of ten men of Milford who purchased the claims of Mr. Goodyear to Paugasuck lands in 1653, made his choice of a farm before any division of the lands was made and secured a beautiful location with good land. Here he remained until 1666 when he became one of the planters at Newark, N. J., being on the committee to select the site for the plantation. His wife Eliza- beth was the only woman who was there the first summer. His chil- dren, except Samuel, removed with him. Children :
3. Edward.
4. Samuel.
5. Joseph, 6. Mary.
4. ENS. SAMUEL, son of Edward Riggs, m. Ist Sarah, dau. of Rich- ard Baldwin of Milford, June 14, 1667, and settled on his father's homestead which he probably inherited. His wife, Sarah, departed this life and he m. 2d Mrs. Sarah Washburn, May 6, 1713. He was a man of great substantial ability, and was honored as such in his own town to the end of his life. In a business capacity and standing he had but one rival, Major Ebenezer Johnson, with whom he seems to have lived in great friendliness, with the exception of a short time, when quite a variance of understanding existed, but which was settled, and afterwards the whole matter appears to have been dropped and they occupied the same pew for a number of years, classed in the same dig- nity in the meeting-house. He was a representative several years, made justice of the peace in 1708, and served in many offices in his town ; became a man of considerable property ; built the first house in the neighborhood of Seymour ; giving to his son, at that place in 1708, two hundred acres of land with houses and other comforts. He
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was made ensign in the train-band in 1790, and always thereafter bore that title. Children :
7. Elizabeth, b. June, 1668. 12. Ebenezer, b. Oct. 15, 1678; m.
8. Samuel, b. - -8, 1671.
13. Edward, b. Oct. 7, 1680 ; m.
9. Sarah, b. - , 1672; d. 1672.
Io. Sarah, b. May 4, 1674 ; m. Jonathan Lum.
II. John, b. Apr. 1, 1676; m.
15. Joseph, b. Feb. 22, 1686; d. Oct. 22, 1707, aged 21.
II. CAPT. JOHN, son of Ens. Samuel Riggs, m. Elizabeth Tomlinson, Feb. 23, 1700, and lived on his father's homestead which he deeded to him, where he died Sept. 24, 1755, aged 78. He, as his father, was a man of solid worth ; honored in many offices, and acquitting himself with much honor. He was commissioned captain in 1722 ; was ap- pointed by the state one of a committee to divide Woodbury into two societies in 1723 ; was appointed on a committee of seven for the state to investigate the question of the " western lands." made report May, 1731, according to which five towns were laid out,-Colebrook, Hart- land, Winchester, Barkhamsted, Torrington, New Hartford, Harwin- ton. He was probably the most noted man of the town in his day. Children :
16. Samuel, b. Jan. 2, 1701. 19. Joseph, b. Feb. 13, 1710.
17. Anne, b. June 10, 1704 ; m. Samuel 20. Sarah, b. Dec. 17, 1711 ; m. Ist John Hull. Bowers ; 2d Rev. Daniel Humphreys.
18. Elizabeth, b. June 17, 1706.
12. EBENEZER, son of Ens Samuel Riggs. m. Lois -, and settled on the farm given him by his father, probably soon after his marriage, or about 1708, near Rock Rimmon. He died May II, 1712, aged 34. Children :
21. Ebenezer, b. before 1708, since his 22. Lois, b. July 10, 1709. grandfather deeded him land in that 23. John, b. Dec. 27, 1712.
year to be his when 21.
13. EDWARD, son of Capt. Samuel Riggs, m. Abigail Nichols, Jan. 5, 1708, and died Nov. 25, 1712, aged 32. Children : 24. Grace, b. Oct. 4, 1708. 26. Esther, b. Feb. 10, 1713.
25. Abigail, b. Feb. 5, 17II.
16. SAMUEL, son of Capt. John Riggs, m. Abigail Gunn, Jan. 6, 1726. Children :
27. Elizabeth, b. -; d. May 27, 1738. 29. Mercy, b. Dec. 6, 1730.
28. Abigail, b. Mar. 3, 1728. 30. Elizabeth, b. Nov. 21, 1733.
19. LIEUT. JOSEPH, son of Capt. John Riggs, m. Mabel Johnson, Feb. 20, 1740. Children :
31. Hannah, b. Dec. 21, 1740. 34. Samuel, b. Nov. 21, 1750; d. Sept. 21, 1766.
32. John, b. Apr. 10, 1742.
33. Joseph, b. July 20, 1746.
35. Mabel, b. May 5, 1759.
21. EBENEZER, JR, son of Ebenezer and Lois Riggs, m. Rachel Peck of Waterbury, July 4, 1733. Children :
36. Rachel, b. May 31, 1734 ; d. May 25, 40. Lois, b. July 25, 1743; d. Aug., 1751. 1740.
37. Esther, b. July 24, 1736.
38. Ebenezer, b. Nov. 17, 1738; d. May 29, 1740.
39. Rachel, b. Jan. 23, 1741.
41. Eunice, b. Oct. 14, 1745.
42. Ebenezer, b. Jan. 22, 1748.
43. Jeremiah, b. July 1, 1750.
44. Joseph, b. Aug. 17, 1753.
14. Hannah, b. Feb: 24, 1683; m. Abraham Harger.
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19. JOHN, son of Ebenezer Riggs, m. Hannah Johnson, Oct. 29, 1739 (?) Children :
45. John, b. Aug. 31, 1735. 49. Ann, b. June 14, 1741.
46. Edward, b. Apr. 24, 1737.
50. Jabez, b. June 28, 1744.
47. Hannah, b. Nov. 7, 1738.
48. Moses, b. May 26, 1740; d. July 26, I740.
28. JOHN, son of Joseph and Mabel (Johnson) Riggs, m. Elizabeth Hawkins, and died June 18, 1814, and his wife died Oct. 3, 1815. Child :
51. John, b. Dec. 22, 1771 ; m.
33. JOSEPH, 2d son of Joseph Riggs, m. Ann Canfield, Nov. 13, 1775. Children :
52. Betsey, b. Jan. 26, 1777. 53. David Johnson, b. May 3, 1779.
45. JOHN, JR., son of John Riggs, m. Abigail -. Children :
54. Abner, b. Dec. 24, 1760. 55. Abigail, b. July 16, 1765.
46. EDWARD, son of John Riggs, m. Lois Osborn of Waterbury, May 17, 1759. Children :
56. Moses, b. Apr. 10, 1760. 59. David, b. Aug. 14, 1765.
57. Edward, b. Jan. 24, 1762. 60. Thomas.
58. David, b. May 20, 1764; d. Oct. 2, 61. Isaac. 1764.
51. JOHN, son of John and Elizabeth (Hawkins) Riggs, m. Mary, dau. of Isaac Beecher, Jan. 1, 1793 ; m. 2d Betsey Hawkins, Mar. 6, 1829. Children :
62. Maria, b. May 7, 1793; d. June 4, 66. Lucinda, b. May 20, 1804. 1813. 67. Thirza, b. Oct. 26, 1807; m. Ist John
63. Laura, b. May 7, 1795; m. John
Davis. Humphrey; 2d Joshua Kendall.
64. Mary, b. Mar. 13, 1798; m. John S. Moshier.
65. John H., b. Jan. 6, 1801; d. Oct. 10, 1805.
69. Harpin, b. Dec. 9, 1813; m.
70. Henry, b. Jan. 15, 1816; m. Mary Ann Bradley.
69. HARPIN, son of John and Elizabeth (Hawkins) Riggs, m. Har- riet, dau. of Hiram and Sarah Upson, May 17, 1840. Children :
71. John H.
75. Sarah M.
72. Royal B.
76. Harriet.
73. Hiram U.
77. Mary B.
74. Louisa B.
RIGGS, EBENEZER of Oxford, m. Julia M., dau. of Col. John Davis. Children :
I. Lucinda; m. Henry Church.
4. Bernice; m. Charles Meiggs.
2. Dewitt.
5. N. Clark.
3. Homer; m. Mary E. Davis.
RUSSELL, SAMUEL, of Bradford gave to his son "Timothy Russell one moiety or half of all those lands and tenements in Derby, which I purchased of Jonathan Belcher, Esq., of Boston with a mansion house and barn thereon." Dec. 25, 1722, Capt Andrew Belcher and Mr. Jonathan Belcher, merchants of Boston, took a mortgage on landed property in Derby from Edward and James Pierson, merchants ; the instrument being executed by Samuel Walker of Stratford, Jan. 15, 1713-14. The land consisted of about 300 acres, 200 being at Wes-
68. John, b. Oct. 25, 1811; d. Nov. 14, 1855.
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quantuck ; the mansion house was on Great Neck, and for the whole Samuel Russell paid £300 " current bills of credit." Timothy Russell, therefore, had a fine start in life, and he improved it well. He m. into one of the best families ; was town clerk some years, justice of the peace also ; attained to military position, and closed life with honor. He m. Mary Hull, Nov. 21, 1720. Children :
I. Abigail, b. Sept. 29, 1722. 4. Joseph, b. Feb. 3, 1730, m. Elizabeth 2. Sibila, Feb. II, 1724. Clark, Sept, 25, 1764.
3. Mary, b. Oct. 16, 1726.
5. Samuel, b. Dec. 4, 1738.
SCOTT, ANDREW G., m. Susan - -. Child :
I. Susan b. Aug. 9, 1803.
I. SHARPE, THOMAS, came from England in 1700, when about 20 years of age, and settled in Stratford where he m. Lydia, dau. of Wil- liam, and grand-dau. of Rev. Frederick Dickinson, in 1701 ; was one of the 36 men named to whom the General Assembly granted the town- ship of Newtown in 1708, and settled in Newtown. Among the trans- fers made by him at this time was that of land in Stratford to Samuel Hawley of Derby, in exchange for Mr. Hawley's "right " in the town- ship of Derby ; dated Jan 23, 1705-6. By the several divisions of land among the proprietors of Newtown he and his heirs acquired several hundred acres of land. He died in 1712, leaving five children. His wife Lydia survived him about forty years, since she signed a protest Dec. 15. 1751, relative to land of which she was unjustly deprived. Children :
2. Thomas, b. Mar. 18, 1702. 5. John, b. Feb. 1, 1708.
3. Mary, b. Oct. 10, 1703.
4. William, b. Aug. 19, 1705.
6. Elizabeth, b. Apr. 18, 1712.
2. THOMAS, JR., son of Thomas and Lydia Sharpe. m. Sarah, dau. of Richard, and grand-dau. of William Crozier, Feb. 17, 1745, and resided in Newtown, where he died Apr. 17, 1765, aged 63. Children : 7. Thomas, b. May 28, 1746. IO. Eliakim, b. Dec. 5, 1752, m. Hester 8. Lydia, b. Dec. 16, 1748. Wetmore, Nov. 25, 1773.
9. John, b. Nov. 12, 1750, m. Phedina Lake, Nov. 23, 1772; d. at Harlem in the Revolution in 1777. Had Lucy, b. Oct. 11, 1773; Rena, b. Aug. 4, 1776.
II. Jesse, b. Jan. 30, 1755.
12. Sarah, b. Mar. 26, 1760, m. John B. Vose ; had John, Abby, Lucy, Lydia, Ruth.
7. THOMAS 3rd, son of Thomas, Jr., and Sarah Sharpe ; m. Mary Treadwell : removed to Ridgefield and afterward to Oxford, near Zoar bridge, where he died Mar. 14, 1805. Children :
13. Polly b. June 30, 1771, m. Frederick Galpin of Woodbury, d. Oct. 30, 1851, leaving children, Stephen, Curtiss, Polly, Maria and Leman.
14. Lydia, b. Apr. 18, 1774, d. June 28, 1778.
15. Floranna, b. Feb. 20, 1778, m. Cory- don Kelsie of Vermont, d. in 1841.
16. Mary Ann, b. July 11, 1781, m. Joseph Thompson of West Haven, d. Mar. 23, 1765, leaving children, Fanny, Cynthia, Louisa, Jeduthun, Charles, George, Lucinda, Joseph and Jane.
17. Amy, b. July 11, 1783, m. Seth S. Stratton, d. Aug. 6, 1843.
18. Daniel, b. Apr. 22, 1785, m. Polly Bennett, d. Mar. 28, 1870. Had Sher- man J., and Legrand, father of Sanı- uel and Janc.
19. Philander, b. Mar. 24, 1787; m. Sarah, Davis, d. Apr. 30. 1859. Hlad Eu- gene, George, Alfred, Eliza.
20. Henry, b. Oct. 7, 1789; m. Polly Sher- man, d. Oct. 27, 1823. Had Urzelia, m. Rev Thomas Clingham; Henri- etta, m. William Wakenlan of New Haven; Walker.
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21. Hannah, b. Dec. 7, 1791 ; d. May 20, 23 Lugrand, b. June 1, 1797, in Ridge- 1820.
22. Abiah, b. Dec. 7, 1791 ; d. June 28, 1817.
field.
10. ELIAKIM, son of Thomas, Jr., and Sarah Sharpe, m. Hester Wetmore, Nov. 25, 1773 ; resided in Monroe, and died in Mar., 1839. Children :
24. Andrew, b. Aug. 17, 1775; d. Nov. 26, 1790.
25. Betsey, b. Nov. 5, 1776; m. Burr Tomlinson.
26. Mabel, b. Oct. II, 1779.
27. Ruth Ann, b. June 10, 1784.
28. Lydia Ann, b. Mar. 22, 1788; d. Feb. 7, 1817.
29. Mary, b. Oct. 18, 1789.
30. John W., b. Aug. 10, 1791 ; d. Nov. 7, 1815, in Liverpool, Eng., whither he had gone in hope of recovering the family estate.
31. Annice, b. Aug. 10, 1791 ; m. John W. Robert and removed to Ohio.
II. JESSE, son of Thomas, Jr., and Sarah Sharpe, is named in Derby records as being one of the original proprietors of the Quaker's Farm purchase. which was in consequence of his great grandfather having bought the right of Samuel Hawley, who was one of the proprietors. Children :
32. Sally, m. - Yale. 36. Nancy; m. - Dart, brother to William.
33. John, b. in 1690; m. Kate Dawson; d. Oct. 27, 1825.
34' William b. -; m. the dau. of Moses Beardsley,
37. Hepsey; m. Israel Calkins.
38. David; went to sea while young and never returned.
35. Lydia ; m. William Dart.
23. LUGRAND, son of Thomas 3d and Mary (Treadwell) Sharpe, m. Sept. 28, 1823, Olive, dau. of Ebenezer Booth of Southford, who died Mar. 8, 1864 He purchased a homestead in Southford where he resided until Apr., 1843, when he removed to Seymour, where he was a useful and horrored citizen until his death May 1, 1876, in the 79th year of his age. (See Biography.) Children :
39. Mary A .; m. John James of Ansonia.
40. Olive Maria ; m. Albert W. Louns- bury of Seymour.
4I. Elizabeth; m. Rev. Walter Chamberlin of the Newark Conference.
42. Henry; d. in Southford, Apr. 10, 1832, in his second year.
43. John Wesley ; d. in Seymour, Jan. 29, 1849, aged 16.
44. Thomas; m. Lottie McLain and re- sides in Seymour.
45. Daniel Smith; d. in Seymour, Aug. 27, 1849, in his 13th year.
46. William Carvosso; m. Vinie A. Lewis of Monroe ; residence, Seymour.
47. Andrew Benedict; d. in Southford, Nov. 27, 1842, in his 2d year.
48. David Watson; m. Emily Lewis of Monroe ; residence, New Haven.
SHERWOOD, JOSEPH; m. Comfort Canfield of Derby Oct. 27, 1772, and resided here, apparently, several years. Child :
I. Sheldon, b. Sept, 7, 1777.
I. SHERWOOD, SAMUEL, born July 8, 1761, at Greenfield Hill, Fairfield county, Conn., removed to Derby April 15, 1817, where he died May II, 1838. Child :
2. Oliver Burr, b. Nov. 22, 1799, at Ridgefield, Conn.
2. OLIVER BURR, son of Samuel Sherwood, came to Derby with his father in 1817 ; m. Charlotte Fowler of Milford, Sept. 3, 1836. Children :
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3. Mary Burr, b. June 11, 1837; m. 5. Albert Fowler, b. Sept. 17, 1842.
Franklin Hallock, Aug. 25, 1858. 6. Charlotte Clarrine, b. Oct. 20, 1844.
4. William Oliver, b. Aug. 24, 1839 ; m.
Lydia O. Chichester, Feb. 7, 1871; resides in New York.
5. ALBERT FOWLER, son of Oliver B. and Charlotte Sherwood ; m. Emily B. Chatfield of Derby, Oct. 17, 1866. Children :
7. Charles Girard, b. Nov. 13, 1867. 9. Joseph Beach, b. May 7, 1875. 8. Oliver Burr, b. Mar. 3, 1873; d. Apr. 23, 1874.
SHORT, JOSIAH ; m. Abigail Children :
I. Isaac, b. May 16, 1771.
3. Josiah, b. Oct. 3, 1781.
2. Peter, b. July 17, 1773.
SILBY, THOMAS ; m. Anne Blackman, Oct. 12, 1756. Children :
I. Betty, b. July 29, 1757. 2. David Melville, b. Mar. 22, 1759.
SMITH, JOHN, of Milford as early as 1640, had wife Grace, who joined the church in 1642. He was one of the ten first owners of Derby. Children :
I. Ephraim, bapt. Oct. 13, 1644; settled 4. Ebenezer, b. Nov. 10, 1651 ; d. young. in Derby; no children. 5. Mercy, bapt. Dec. 5, 1652; d. aged
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